The App

Novelly is an education tech non-profit reimagining civic education for youth. Their flagship product is a mobile reading app that uses relatable fiction to empower youth to discuss and take action on the pressing contentious and diverse social issues affecting them.

Project Goal

The client’s goal was to update the current community feature to make it an environment where young adults lead open discussions centered on a social issue.

The Solution

Create a safe, healthy space that celebrates differences; enables youth-driven dialogue; and creates opportunities to connect to social change allies.

Team: Cesar Marin, Luna Kawashima & Joey Gannon

My Role: UX/UI Designer

Tools: Sketch, Photoshop, InVision, Google Suite

Timeframe: 3-week sprint

Community Page and Roundtable

The community page will feature social issue topic discussions, articles, an event calendar, a place to share your story, and a poll to vote for the next social issue to be featured.

Participate in a Roundtable discussion based on one of the questions from the readings. A Roundtable is where 6 individuals, for 24 minutes, take turns and share their thoughts, ideas or support one another on a topic centered on a social issue.

Add Friends and Key Takeaways

After each Roundtable, connect with people that share the same social interests as you. This will allow users to continue the conversation outside of the Roundtable.  

Review the key takeaways from each Roundtable discussion.

Messaging and Chapters

Message people, you friended.

Get recruited into a Novelly chapter and get connected directly to opportunities to take action on social issues you’re passionate about.